The Qatari team will also play two friendly matches with the Iraqi team on January 4 and 6 next. The Qatari team had recently competed in the Qatar International Handball Championship, where it won the three matches it played against Kuwait 32/19, Saudi Arabia 25/18, and Iran 35/24.
The Qatari team is looking forward to reaching the maximum possible readiness before the upcoming Asian duel to defend the title, which they won in the last four editions, and to obtain one of the qualifying cards for the 2023 World Championship, for the ninth time in the history of Qatari handball, and obtaining second place in the / Qatar 2015 edition was the best result for the Qatari team in the history of its participation.